Receptacle for garbage, ashes, &amp; c.



No. 667,422. Patented Feb. 5,l90l. J. BROOKS.

RECEPTAGLE FOR GARBAGE, ASHES, &.c.

(Application filed Nov. 24, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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JAMES BROOKS, OF YORK, N. Y.

RECEPTACLE FOR GARBAGE, ASHES, 84,0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,422, dated February5, 1901.

Application filed November 24, 1900. Serial No. 3 7,583. No model.)

l To all whom, it 777/111] concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES BROOKS, acitizen of the United States,residing at New York city, New York county, New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles for Garbage, Ashes,duo, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to receptacles, particularly to a can or pailuseful for a great variety of purposesfor example, for holding ashes,garbage, &c. In packing or transporting receptacles of this kind thesame occupy considerable space unless of such constuction that they maybe nested one within the other, and in the latter event they frequentlybecome jammed together in such a way that great strength is required toseparate the same. In large cities, where extensive collection ofgarbage, ashes, and waste is controlled by the municipality or by alarge company, it is of great advantage to have the recptacles of suchconstruct-ion that they may be nested within each other for the sake ofeconomizing space. These cans are distributed over a large tract orarea, and annoying delays are frequently occasioned by the jammingtogether of the receptacles, as before stated. It is to overcome thisobjection that I have invented and produced the improvements ordiscoveries hereinafter fully pointed out.

Incidentally, my improved construction is such that each can is simple,strong, and durable.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a nest of three receptaclesconstructed so as to embody my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of a portionof a can or receptacle,il1ustrating a modified detail.

A is the side or body portion of a can or pail, the same being circularin cross-section at all points, but tapered in form, so that onereceptacle may be slid within another. As indicated, B is a circularbottom piece,havi-ng a downwardly-proj ecting flange B,which may beriveted or otherwise fastened to the lower edge of said portion A. Thisdepending flange B reinforces the {lower edge of the receptacle, so thatit cannot easily become bent or broken.

0 O represent lugs securely fastened inside of each of the cans andagainst the side or body portion. These lugs have supportingshoulders O,and these shoulders O are located at such an elevation that when asimilarly constructed can is nested within the first-mentioned can itslower reinforced edge B hits against and is supported upon the saidshoulders C before it has been inserted far enough to becomejammed.Consequently the cans may be separated quickly and without anyunnecessary delay at any time. By 10- cating these supporting-lugs inthe lower portion of the can their function is not interfered with eventhough the upper portion of the can becomes broken or bruised, whichfrequently happens. The lower portion of the can very seldom becomes inju red,because of the presence of the reienforcing-strip B and also thebottom B. t

In Fig. 1 I have shown the shoulders O abruptly oifset from the lugs O.Obviously this may be modified, as shown in Fig. 2, in which a solid orrounded block 0 is substituted. In emptying a can such as is shown inFig. 1 a very small portion of the contents might be caught under theshoulder O, and although no serious objection would result therefromnevertheless I have shown in Fig. 2 a simple way of preventing anycontents from becoming caught or lodged within the can while it is beingemptied.

D represents handles which, if desired, may be secured to the can nearthe upper edge thereof and at such a distance from the lower edge thatthe function of the supporting-shoulder C will not be interfered with,as would be the case should either of the handles engage with the upperedge of the can into which it is slipped. Were a handle to engage withthe upper edgeof the can, it might be loosened or broken off, and itmight injure the can against which it comes in contact. These features,of course, are undesirable and are avoided by the construction hereinshown and described. Furthermore, cans as shown in the drawings and asheretofore described are supported on their bottoms and are notsuspended, as would be the case were the handles allowed to come incontact with adjacent cans.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A receptacle for garbage, ashes and the greater than the externaldiameter of the can at its bottom, the body portion tapering above andbelowthe top of the lugs, the said lugs coacting with the tapered bodyand with the bottom to strengthen the can.

3. Aplurality of tapered cans each can having a plurality of lugssecured to the inside of the body of the same and near the bottom, theinside diameter of each can at a section taken immediately above thetops of said lugs being greater than the external diameter of the bottomof said can in order that the said cans may be interchangeablysuperimposed and nested Without binding, the lugs and bottom of a cancoacting with the body of said can to strengthen and stiffen the same.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 23d day of November, 1900.

. JAMES BROOKS. Witnesses:

R. O. MITGH-ELL, L. VREELAND.

